Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Purely Elizabeth is a natural and organic food company that focuses on nutrient-rich breakfast and snack products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 18 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Apple Cinnamon Superfood Oatmeal Cup, Organic in Quick Oats.
Berkeley Bowl stocks quick oats thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries cereal in real depth, 200 SKUs against a fleet median of 56, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Purely Elizabeth plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Berkeley Bowl. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
On shelf here, but only 12 of 26 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 13 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in quick oats. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Purely Elizabeth (orange) sits above the shelf.
Purely Elizabeth’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Berkeley Bowl’s current Bay Area storefront: its online catalog plus our shelf photos, a partial view. A widely-distributed brand shown as a new door may already be carried through channels we don’t index. Berkeley Bowl profile →
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
